Stirrup.



E. E. REED.

STIRRUP.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 1a, 1911.

1,044,419. i Patented Nov. 12, 1912.

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EZRA E. REED, OF TOWER, WYOMING, ASSIGNOR 0F ONE-HALF TO BER-TEAM C.NOBLE,

OF SUNDANCE, WYOMING'.

STIRRUP.

specification of Letters Patent. i Patented Nov. 12,1912.l

Application filed November 18, 1911. Serial No. 661,025.

To all whom 1' t may concern Be it known that I, EZRA E. REED, a citizenof the United States, residing at Tower, in the county of Cook and Stateof Wyoming, have invented new and useful Improvements in Stirrups, ofwhich the following is a specification.

An object of the invention is to provide a stirrup for preventing injuryto a rider when removing the feet from engagement with the stirrup.

The invention embodiesl a plurality of connectible sections, one of thesaid sections being adapted for connection with the usual stirrup strapand the other section being mounted on the first-mentioned section sothat the second-mentioned section can be removed from interlockingengagement with the first-mentioned section by exerting an upwardforward pressure on the lower part of the second-mentioned section.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings constituting a partof this specication, in which similar characters of reference denotecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view looking at my device from the rear. Fig. 2 is a sideelevation showing the lower section partlyremoved from the uppersection. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view, taken on the line 3--3in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a fragmentary perspective view looking at the innerside of the upper section. Fig. 5 is a fragmentary perspective view ofthe lower section.

Referring more particularly to the views, l provide an upper section 10and a lower section 11, the upper section 10 being adapted forengagement with a stirrup strap 12 and constituting a strap section andthe lower section 11 being substantially U- shaped to receive the footand constituting a stirrup sect-ion. Formed on the strap section bycutting away portions thereof, are locking flanges 13 and formed on thestirrup section are guide lugs 14, the locking flanges 13 being adaptedto engage flattened edges 15 of the stirrup section, recesses 16 beingprovided in the stirrup section to receive the guide lugs 14. Rigidlysecured to the strap section and depending therefrom are bars 17 havingtheir lower ends provided with cut out portions 1'8, the said `bars be-ying adapted for pivotalV engagement withy pins 19 formed on the stirrupsection, the

said pins being received -in the cut out portions 18. Mounted on pins 20on the strap section are springs 21 havingtheir free ends.

thereof :adapted to slidably engage retaining pins' 22 formed on thestirrup section. Formed with the sides of the stirrup sectionare' guideplates 23 arranged to aid `.in positioning the guide lugs 14 in therecesses 16. A bracerod 24 is secured to the strap section to retain thesides thereof in spaced relation and a similar brace rod 25 is securedto the stirrup section for the the bars 17, having the pins 19engagedtherewith and the mentioned swinging movement of the stirrupsection disengages 'the locking flanges 13 from the flattened edges 15,while at the same time the guide lugs 14 will be moved outwardly fromthe recesses 16 and as the springs 21 slide relatively to the retainingpins 22, the swinging action of the stirrup section against the actionof the springs 21 will cause the free ends of the springs to slideupwardly on the pins 22 and become disengaged therewith, thus entirelyreleasing the stirrup section from the Strap section and preventing thefoo-t of the rider, inserted in the stirrup section, from being wrenchedor broken.

cesses 16, will prevent the stirrup section from moving gravitationallyaway from the strap section. v

" I claimt-,-

1. A stirrup comprising a strap section,

bars secured to the stra-p section and depending therefrom, 'a stirrupsection, pins formed on the stiirup section and adapted for pivotalengagement With the saidbars, guide lugs formed on the said stirrupsection and adapted to extend into recesses in` the said strap section,locking flanges formed on the strap section and adapted to be en gagedby the stirrup section, andV springs mounted on Vthe strap section andslidably engaging the stirrup section to retain the stirrup section inreleasable engagement with the strap section.

2. In a stirrup, the combination with a strap section, of a stirrupsection for releasable connection therewith, bars on the said strapsection, pins on the said stirrup section and pivotally engaged by thesaid bars, locking flanges formed on the said strap section and normallyengaged by the said stirrup section, and springs mounted on the saidstrap section to slidably engage the said stirrup section.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EZRA E. REED.

Titnesses B. C. NOBLE, JULIA C. NOBLE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, ILUG.

